# Incident 19960831033889I: Piper PA24250, Ogden, UT, August 31, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1996, 15:57 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1951° N, 112.0122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OGDEN-HINCKLEY (OGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1951&lon=-112.0122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5909P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5909P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-250 (registry code 7102404, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-250) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA24250
- Reported engine: LYC O540A1A5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 297 total, 18 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960831033889I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH, WENT TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR USING NORMAL PROCEDURE. GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. EXECUTED EMERGENCY GEAR DOOR. EMERGENCY EXTENSION FAILED, GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULL AND LOCK. BURNED AS MUCH FUEL OFF AS POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND REDUCE AIRCRAFT WEIGHT AND FIRE UPON CONTACT AT LANDING. MADE FORCED BELLY LANDING ON RUNWAY. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM MOTOR BURNED OUT. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

## Other reports on N5909P (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19790815031339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790815031339I), Aug 15, 1979: Piper PA24250 (N5909P), Morristown, TN, Minor damage. An gear up landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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